Change: It is in the interest of Kurdistan to strengthen its relations with Iran

Al-Sulaymaniyah / Network of News Iraq – MP of the Movement for Change Amin Bakr, on Thursday, on the recent economic openness between Erbil and Tehran, while stressing that Iran is a pivotal country and influential within Iraq, he pointed out that the Kurds should develop relations with them, but not at the expense of the relationship with America “The relationship with Iran should be based on the common interests of the people of the Kurdistan region and not on the basis of dependency and neglecting relations with other parties such as the United States,” Bakr said in an interview today.”

Relations should not be on the basis of parties and interests of people. This is a big and scandalous mistake committed in the bitter His past by the parties in power within the region. “He pointed out that” we need to build good relations with Iran because we needed in the economic issue as well as the pivotal and influential in the political process within Iraq’s role. ”

The head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani, announced on Wednesday that the provincial government has embarked on the establishment of a free trade zone with Iran within the framework of measures including work to achieve economic openness between Erbil and Tehran serves the interests of both parties. He called Barzani during a speech at the Conference on Development of Trade Relations with Iran , “The federal government to approve the registration of five border ports between Kurdistan and Iran officially.”

He added that “there are (359) companies and (135), an Iranian factory operating in the Kurdistan region,” adding that “the territorial government has made serious efforts in the development of relations Economic and commercial relations with Iran, including the opening of the T-area A free operation at the border crossing between the two sides.”